Door check or bumper.



V HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, OF BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK.

DOOR CHECK OR BUMPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

Application filed September 6. 1906. Serial No. 333.421.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Bronxville, in the county of I/Vestchesterand State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Door Checkor Bumper; and I do hereby set forth such a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same as will enable the invention to be fullyunderstood by those skilled in the art.

This invention relates to articles designed to be attached to a floor orside wall to provide a door check or bumper for the purpose ofpreventing a door from marring a wall by stopping it before it reachesthe same, which articles embody certain novel features of constructionand combination and arrangement of parts all of which will behereinafter described and fully illustrated in the drawings.

In order to enable the invention to be fully understood I will proceedto explain the same by reference to the drawings, illustrative ofembodiments of the invention, in which Fi ures 1, 2, 3 and 5 are sideelevations of artic es constructed according to the invention; Figs. 2and 5 being partly in section; Fig, 4 is a central vertical section ofthe door checks shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly by reference characters to the drawings A denotesthe body portion of the hollow door check, preferably drawn or otherwiseformed of sheet metal, which may or may not be provided with a closedbottom.

B is a flanged tip ordinarily constructed of flexible, elastic oryielding material.

The seat for the elastic tip may consist of an inverted cup E, in whichcase the body of the tip is passed throughan orifice in the body portionA, and the inverted cup E is then placed adjacent to the rear of the tipand held in position by means of indentations a formed in the side ofthe part A. The orifice for the elastic tip may be placed in the end ofthe door check, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, or else it may be located inthe side portion thereof, as illustrated in Figs. 3 to 5.

The door check is preferably provided with a closed bottom portion D inmost cases, the same ordinarily having a screw C projecting therefrom,and soldered, riveted or otherwise secured thereto.

The door check may, if preferred, have an open lower end and be madewith a peripheral flange (19" in which orifices may be formed for theretaining screws, or the edge a or flanged edge a" of the said body maybe clamped over the bottom plate l) inserted at the open end of the doorcheck thereby forming a closed bottom for the same as above stated.

Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said inventionand in what manner the same is to be performed, it being kept in mindthat in law the substitution of equivalents works no variation in thesubstance of the same, I would have it understood that what I claim asmy invention is:

A door check comprising a hollow sheet metal body and formed with anorifice, an inverted cup inserted within the said body to form asupport, and a flanged elastic tip held between the shell of the bodyand the said support.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city of New York, county and State of New York, this 23rd day ofAugust 1906.

HENRY FRANCIS KEIL.

\Vitnesses:

Ron. Scnwixnz, J. ODELL FOWLER.

